Yes train more instead of debating

for combative training, it's always optimum to go to a school and train with experienced partners

In a way, yes. Sparring is essential for any martial art. However... I was the same place when I was in college. So what I do instead is at least train the form, and stamina, do cardio and up your atheletism, you already 50% of the way. Then when you got a chance to join a gym, you can focus on the technique and sparring experience.

For those who spend so much effort to label and categorize systems, don’t really understand what it takes to be an effective martial artist. If you look at any style and can’t tell the foundation, then it will just appear like a set of random movements with no purpose. Never mind that sparring is chaotic in itself or students are trying to put things together in sparring form. Techniques are not going to look textbook or perfect in any way. I said it before and I’ll say it again, Muay Boran encompasses all the ancient fighting systems. To define and restrict how we teach and learn is only going to limit one’s full potential. And those who insist on narrowing down a style are only interested in putting boundaries and pointing out the limits of each individual system. But we’re not here to be placed into a box for critics to define what we can and cannot do. Muay Boran is more than techniques, it’s a concept of fighting without limitations. Those who are theorists will always debate with full time practitioners. In reality, the only thing that matters is what works.

Aside from elbows and knees, Muay Boran includes grabbing, rolling, takedowns as well as more striking variations than modern Muay Thai

@@MuayBoranAcademy maybe.. All I see is more eblows & knees.. Fug rolling takedowns.. Stay off the damn ground

ground skills are essential to becoming an even better striker. for even the very best fighters can end up on the ground at any given moment

We can and we will. What’s pointless is thinking that fighting is linear, when in fact, fighting is dynamic. In ancient days, the term Muay Boran did not exist and fighting skills were simply called “Muay”. Muay Boran is a generic term that encompasses all the ancient fighting systems. And the mindset of fighting in general, be it back then or in today’s environment is to use what works. Imagine telling fighters of any style that they cannot add or discuss spinning back elbows because it’s only for Muay Boran stylists. It’s absurd to think that any one style will be enough to handle all fighting scenarios. In the real world, you can’t argue your way out of a fight. You can only use skills you are confident in regardless of which style it is. Muay Boran is alive and well for those who constantly train and test it, not for those who simply research and theorize all day. What’s obsolete is your argument. Fighters and dedicated martial artists know exactly what I’m talking about because “Game recognize Game”.

Is still muy thai but different style, like chinese martial arts example tachi from yang or another, but principles is tai chi.👍

@@MuayBoranAcademy Anyone who says that something is obsolete because it's ancient is speaking from a position of ignorance